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Additions To My Lexicon
Posted by Connor on July 26th, 2006
I like descriptive words. I like consulting the dictionary and thesaurus on a frequent basis to use and learn new words. Here are a few of the recent ones I’ve attempted to integrate into my vernacular (definitions from the Oxford Dictionary):
- neologism: a newly coined word or expression
- innocuous: not harmful or offensive
- hubris: excessive pride or self-confidence
- eschatology: the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind
- anachronism: a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists
- insular: ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience
- tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style
- eschew: deliberately avoid using; abstain from
- pejorative: expressing contempt or disapproval
- hegemony: leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others
- luddite: a person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology
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